Middle English Dictionary Entry
bult n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bult n. Also bowt, bilte-. |
| Etymology | Short for bult-cloth; cp. bulten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cloth for sifting flour; ~ cloth; (b) ~ pele, a shovel for winnowing grain; ~ poke, a bag-shaped flour sifter; (c) surname: ~ flour.
Associated quotations
a
- (1360) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lii : j cuna in molendino, ij bulteclathes.
- (1362) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29159 : In bracina..iij bulteclathes bonae.
- (1457-8) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cclxviii : ij bowtclathez et j streneyour.
- (1469) Ordin.Househ.Clarence in PSAL (1790)103 : Streynoures, 100 yardes..Bultes, viii elles at vi d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)19b : A Bult clothe: polentriduum, polentridualis.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)808 : Polenduare: a bult.
b
- ?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20)110 : Polentrudium: bulter, biltepoke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)55 : Bulte pooke [Win: Bult poke] or bulstarre: Taratantarare.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)808 : Hoc pollentridium: a bultpele.
c
- (1326) Pat.R.Edw.II329 : William Bultfloure.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bolt cloth.